Asia Drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities

Asia Drawn from the Latest and Best Authoritiesmeganwebster2018-01-11T10:26:12+00:00

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Published in Guthrie’s “New System of Modern Geography “. London, C. Dilly & Robinson c. 1780

A detailed map of Asia extending from Turkey in the west, the Russian Empire in the north, the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east and New Guinea in the south. Sea of Korea is shown. Decorative cartouche upper left.McCorkle-Carto-Bibliography of the maps in Eighteenth British and American Geography Books, #181, ETSC T206698

Map Condition: A bit of offsetting in Indian ocean with 2″ repaired (with archival tape) closed tear off the Maldives, some wrinkling to Indian Ocean else very good. Map Type: Copperplate engraving with hand colouring in outline